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Reed, Sam (Saxophonist)

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Personal name headingReed, Sam (Saxophonist)
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LocatedPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Death date2021-07-07
Place of birthSouth Carolina
Place of deathPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Field of activityJazz Popular music
AffiliationUptown Theater
Profession or occupationSaxophonists Jazz musicians Band directors
Found inLovett, L. Jazz dance party [SR] 1959: container (Sam Reed, alto sax)
Philadelphia inquirer WWW site, viewed July 29, 2021 (in obituary dated Jul 15, 2021: Sam Reed, 85, the jazz saxophone player whose decades-long career included leading the band at the Uptown Theater in the 1960s when it was Philadelphia's premier Black music showplace and serving as music director for Teddy Pendergrass in the 1970s, has died. Mr. Reed died at home in North Philadelphia on July 7. Mr. Reed was born in South Carolina and moved to the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia when he was 6)
Not found inAll music guide WWW site; New grove dict. of jazz; Biog. encyc. of jazz